During the summer of 2001, my wife and I took a vacation to visit National Parks and Monuments in Utah and Arizona. Our first stop was Bryce Canyon National Park.
This picture and the next one were taken at a pull-over during our drive to Bryce. Both are indicative of the amazing views that greeted us. Niether of these pictures, though, can do justice to the granduer of the landscape that stretched out before us.
This photo was taken looking southwards in the general direction of Zion National Park.
Later on the drive, we passed a cinder cone and lava flow. We thought about walking out to it, but decided we did not want to spend the time it would take us to get to it and walk back to our car.
The cinder cone is the mound on the left side of the picture and the lava flow extends from the cone to the right side of the photo.
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Wow. That’s one area of the country that I’ve never been. Very nice, and excellent pictures.
Thanks. This was my first trip to Nevada, Arizona and southern Utah. And I was just beginning to learn about photography at the time.
These photos turned out rather nice, considering the camera I used on that trip was just a dinky, little point-and-click Advantix camera. It misbehaved mid-way through this trip, and that prompted me to upgrade to 35mm and then to digital.
But, the excellent scenery makes up for the lack of skill, and equipment.